Fastening clip



Application filed December To aZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, @Los N. TnvANDER, citizen ot the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county or' Coole and State of illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful improvement in Fastening Clips, ofwhich the following is a full., clear, concise5 and exact description Myinvention reltes'to clips for use in securing together the ends o' tiestrings and the like; the clip forming the subject matter of myinvention being particularly adapted for mechanical application to andassociation with a tie element through the instrumentality of a machinedescribed and claimed in my cri-pending application Semi No. grasso,sied aeg-ust so, rele.

ln the drawings chosen to illustrate my invention, the scope whereof isset forth in the appended claim:

Figure i is a perspective view oi a corked bottle neck sealed by aclosure cap applied by the machine of my aplication Ser. No. 3%,680 andincluding my improved clip;

Figure 2, a view o' a strip of metal from which my improved clips areformed and showing' a partially formed clip at one end severed from thestrip; and

Figure 3, a view in elevation of what is shown in Figure l, the clipbeing shown in cross section.

My improved clips are designed. to be successively formed by myaforementioned machine trom a metallic ribbon strip' 6; the successivelengths of the strip required for the-formation oit each clip beingdetermined by elongated transverse slots 63 therein whereby the lengthof out necessary in severing the section of the strip required for theformation of a clip is materially reduced. l/Vhile my clip is capableofuse in connection with various types of receptacle seals l have shownthe same associated with a seal 4for a corlred bottle l, the sealelement em- 23, Serial No. 432,673..

ployed being a sheet of suitable material 4: such as paper3 lightleather or the like, the shirt of which is bound by a tie element 7,desirably formed or" Wire7 although any other suitable material may beutilized. The ends of the tie element are held together by means of myimproved clip. rl`his clip is of tal-shape and includes the arms 6between which the ends oi the tie element are passed and the arms thenpressed together and upset in the manner shown in Fig. 3 to tightlysecure the ends of the tie element; all of which operation isadvantageously eected by my aforementioned machine. The formation of myclip is such that one of the arms 6 is provided with a lateral extension62 at its free end which is adapted to be held bymy machine, as setforth in my copending application. While the tie element is beingapplied and While the arms of the clip are pressed together and upset.rlhe presence of the lateral extensions 62 also prevents the use-ofpincers or pliers to reapply the clip in the. event of its unlawfulremoval and 'thus enabling the clip to serve the additional purpose ofguarding against the unwarranted use oi the seal that is established bysuch a clip.,

l claim A llsshaped fastening clip comprising Iarms adapted to besqueezed into clamping engagement with overlapping ends of a tieelement, one of said arms terminating in an outwardly directed lateralextension providing means :for holding the clip while the tie element ispassed between the arms thereof and While said arms are subsequentlyforced into clamping engagement With the tie element.

ln Witness whereof, l hereunto subscribe my name this i'irst day ofDecember, A.. D. 1920.

i @LOF N. @El/*ANDER

